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1
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The Truman Doctrine was initiated in response to Soviet pressure on what countries

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Greece and Turkey

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The purpose of Stalin’s Cominform group was to

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Spread communism throughout the world

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3
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The creation of the Jewish state

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Intensified Cold War conflicts

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4
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What did the Suez intervention of 1956 prove

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That the nations of Western Europe could not impose their will on the world
Suez crisis: Israel vs Egypt

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5
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During the Cuban Missle Crisis of 1962, what evidence was used by the United States to convince the world of the threat posed by Cuba

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Photographs of missile equipment

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In the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Soviet Union

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Gave itself the right to interfere in the affairs of other communist countries
-Said that when socialism is attacked in one country, it is attached in all countries

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7
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The Helsinki Accords

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Represented a step forward in recognizing human rights in Eastern Europe (during Detente)

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President Reagan did all of the following as he intensified the Cold war struggle except

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tighten the grain embargo of the Soviet Union

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9
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Generally speaking, Britain

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accepted the loss of empire as inevitable

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10
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What event marked the beginning of Algerian Natinoalism

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The conflict at Sétif between Muslims and French Settlers

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11
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Mikhail Gorbachev’s economic policies could be characterized as

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a failure

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12
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In 1989, to what country did Hungary open its border, freeing travel to West Germany

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Austria

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13
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Revolution in Czechoslovakia was led by

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Nicolae Ceausescu

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14
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In early 1991, Gorbachev began a strategic retreat from reform in response to opposition from

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A group, including Boris Yeltsin, that wanted rapid democracy

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15
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The final big event preceding Gorbachev’s exit from Soviet political life was the

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attempted coup in 1991

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16
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Which of the following came first in the breakup of Yugoslavia

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War in Bosnia

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17
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The “ethnic cleansing” that took place in Bosnia primarily targeted

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Muslims

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18
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Goal of the European Coal and Steel Community

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Stabilize prices and production of coal and steal
Benelux nations, France, Italy, and W. Germany vs.
UK and/or Us
aka Schuman Plan

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European Economic Community (aka Common Market)

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European Self sufficiency

Free trade among participating countries

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20
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European Community

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Combined ECSC and EEC

Added more countries and made a federal government of Europe

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21
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Maastricht Agreements

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European Union (everything)

22
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Prague Spring

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under Dubečk in czechoslovakia
liberalize Communism and made Brezhnev unhappy
Brezhnev Invaded Czechoslovakia

23
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Polish Revolution

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Solidarity
Got free elections (most communists voted out)
Under Lech Walesa

24
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Hungarian Revolution

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Communism with a capitalistic facelift

Social democrats decentralize economy and open boarders to Austria

25
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Germanic Revolution

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More freedoms and open trade

Berlin Wall falls and Germany unifies

26
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Gorbachev: Perestoika and Glasnost

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-Socialism with a human face
Perestroika- Restructure economy to make more consumer goods
Glasnost- Talk about former problems (like Stalin) and plans for the future
-both failed
-Same time period as Reagan

27
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Krushchev

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Decentralized Russia (Destalinization)
“Secret Speech”
-wants to end cold war (de facto it’s getting worse in this time period)

28
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Events during climax of cold war

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Early 1960’s

  • Castro in Cuba
  • U-2 spy plane (war victim)
  • Bay of Pigs invasion (tries to take over Castro but fails and makes Russia angry)
  • Erection of Berlin Wall
  • Cuban Missle Crisis (ends in a draw with both sides removing bombs)
29
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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Peacetime alliance to protect against the Soviets

30
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CENTO; SEATO

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Middle east; Southeast asia

same as NATO

31
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Warsaw Pact

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Defended the Eastern block countires that were Soviet Satekkutes
Communist version of NATO

32
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Containment

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Ideology to halt communism

33
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Domino effect of Communist countries

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China, Korea,Banana Republic, Vietnam

34
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Marshall Plan

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US aid to rebuild Europe if you promote free markets and democracy
“European Recovery Program”
ONLY to those who were anti-communist

35
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Truman Doctrine

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Financial aid to any nation with communist insurgence
Helped fix the economy post WWII
Offered to everyone

36
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Hungarian Uprisings

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Imre Nagy was giving too many rights as a communist

-Hungarians wanted to be free of communist rule

37
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Why was the USSR determined to dominate Eastern Europe?

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Interests in Turkey and the black Sea and they wanted to use Eastern European satellites as a buffer against further invasions

38
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Détente

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Agreements on trade and reducing strategic arms

39
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Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan

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to ensure its influence in central Asia and Puppet Afghan government

40
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Solidarity

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Strikes against the Communist governments lead by Lech Walesa

41
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4 Policies Reagan took against the Soviet Union

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  1. Increased military spending
  2. Slowed arms limitation negotiations
  3. Deployed a new missile system in Europe
  4. Strategic Defense Initiative “Star Wars”
42
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National Front

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Far right party aimed against North African imigrants

43
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What does Democracy depend on

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ensuring social and economic base and stable political structure

44
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Hallmarks of Social Democrats

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Democracy, social reform, economic growth, anticommunism
Center right
accpeted Keynsian Economic theory

45
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Thatcher as Prime Minister

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Cut taxes and curb inflation
Higher unemployment
Privatized many industries
Curbed power of trade unions
Served the same time as Reagan
46
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Goal of Student protests of the 60s

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Anti-military

47
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Second Vatican Council

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Started by John XXIII in 1959

Changes in liturgy: mass in vernacular

48
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John Paul II

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  1. Traditionalist doctrine
  2. Anti-communism
  3. Growth in non western church
49
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Division of Germany

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US, GB, France, and Soviet Union

50
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Charles de Gaulle

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Established 5th Grench Republic

Withdrew from NATO, developed France’s own nuclear weapons, and opposed GB’s entrance into the EEC

51
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Major feminist

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Simone de Beauvoir

Employment opportunites, child care, birth control, liberalized divorce laws

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